Milestones of chronic sorrow: Perspectives of chronically ill and bereaved persons and family caregivers

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 374-387

  Burke, Mary L ^a,c   Eakes, Georgene G ^b,c   Hainsworth, Margaret A ^a,c  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nursing Consortium for Research on Chronic Sorrow (NCRCS)   (United States)

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EID: 0141611305     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107484079900500402     Document Type: Review

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